Thinking Beyond Pipes and Pumps: Top 10 Ways Communities Can Save Water and Money

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dc.contributor.authorBrandes, Oliver M.
dc.contributor.authorMaas, Tony
dc.contributor.authorReynolds, Ellen
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-24T19:39:51Z
dc.date.available2017-04-24T19:39:51Z
dc.date.copyright2006en_US
dc.date.issued2006-10-01
dc.descriptionThis handbook provides a practical resource on how individuals, utilities, and, most importantly, communities can save water and money. Designed for community leaders, water managers, and policy makers, this handbook seeks to inspire and facilitate action. It promotes an expanded definition of "urban water infrastructure" that includes innovative physical components, water sensitive urban design, and conservation programs designed to complement existing water supply networks.en_US
dc.description.abstractThinking Beyond Pipes and Pumps presents an expanded definition of urban water infrastructure—one that goes beyond the existing physical infrastructure of pipes, pumps and reservoirs. This new infrastructure includes innovative physical components, water sensitive urban design and conservation programs designed to complement existing water supply networks. By developing such an infrastructure, water management shifts its focus beyond expensive, expansive and ecologically damaging physical infrastructure, toward dramatically increased water productivity. In this context, increasing water efficiency and conservation is more than just the right thing to do. It is the only way to address the dual goals of meeting human water demands and sustaining aquatic ecosystem health—foundations of lasting water security.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Water Sustainability Project at POLIS is made possible by the financial support of the Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation, and the outreach support provided by the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBrandes, O.M., Maas, T. & Ellen, R. (2006, October) Thinking Beyond Pipes and Pumps: Top 10 Ways Communities Can Save Water and Money, Victoria, Canada: POLIS Project on Ecological Governance at the University of Victoria.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn987-1-55058-350-2
dc.identifier.isbn1-55058-350-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/7961
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPOLIS Project on Ecological Governance, University of Victoriaen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectwater policyen_US
dc.subjectwater infrastructureen_US
dc.subjectwater securityen_US
dc.titleThinking Beyond Pipes and Pumps: Top 10 Ways Communities Can Save Water and Moneyen_US
dc.title.alternativeAu-delà des Tuyaux et des Pompes: Les 10 meilleures façons pour les collectivités d'économiser eau et argenten_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US

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